Mike Tomlin may indeed be taking off his headset for good.
The former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Tomlin is completely “done” with coaching, Jay Glazer of FOX Sports said this week. Glazer made the claim during an appearance on the “Wake Up Barstool” podcast.
“I know people also say, ‘Well, now could Mike Tomlin come out [for one of the current head coach openings]?'” said Glazer, per Awful Announcing. “No, that’s not happening. Mike T’s done. He’s done. He’s been done.”
This lines up perfectly with some comments made last week by retired ex-NFL All-Pro Ronde Barber, a close friend of Tomlin. Barber also expressed his personal belief that Tomlin may never return to coaching in the NFL again.
The former Super Bowl champion Tomlin was the NFL’s longest-tenured head coach and had been in charge of the Steelers since the 2007 season. But while Tomlin was famous for his streak of never producing a losing season in Pittsburgh, the Steelers had also failed to win even a single playoff game under Tomlin since the 2016 campaign. When that streak continued this year with Pittsburgh’s loss to the Houston Texans during the Wild Card round, Tomlin and the Steelers finally decided to part ways.
Tomlin is still only 53 years old and would have several quality options to choose from if he wanted to coach again (notably, the last two NFL MVPs, Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, are both currently without head coaches). But all signs are pointing to the likelihood of Tomlin being done as a head coach in the NFL after nearly two decades. That would, in turn, pave the way for Tomlin to possibly go into a television career (with one notable network currently being predicted to land him).
